Android: There are plenty of note-taking apps for Android, but Colornote Notepad has a few unique features that make it easy and fun. The app itself makes taking, saving, and organizing notes easy, but you can put your notes on your home screen as widgets for easy access—grocery lists, shopping lists, and to-dos are all one-tap away, and you can use the widgets to open them in the app, or cross items off without even leaving your home screen.

Colornote is a simple, color-coded note taking app that also uses sticky note style homescreen widgets to give you quick access to your note from your home screen. You take your notes on a stylized notepad, and can organize them by color and category so they stand out easily. Assign your notes due-dates so they land on your calendar and organize themselves, and then add your notes on your phone's home screen like sticky notes so you can open them with a tap, or you can cross items or to-dos off of your lists quickly.

Colornote is free, and while it lacks some of the features that our favorite syncing note takers for Android have, it does make taking and organizing your notes incredibly easy. You can sync your notes between Android devices or to the developer's servers if you choose, but it's not required. It's available now at Google Play.